New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-22
IRA SHAFER IN FIERY MOOD.
HE MAKES DENUNCIATIoNs ALL AROUND


day opered with the evidence for the people of George b.
Powell mechanical gneer. employed by the Broad.
way Surface Railroad Company In 1884. He knew
billy" Moloney, and had often him In the
panys Office. During May and June, 1884. he saw
Moloney there several times a week. He knew that
Moloney had fed and that he was now I'm Canada
Charles T.. Miller OF Develin Miller testified that In
the fall OF 1885, acting for the grantos he had delivered
deed to Stephen Walker acting for Thomas Cleary.
of house at No III Cedar-st. He received from Mr.
Walker check for 81 900; 900 bills and $3.50
in bills.
Mr. Walker being called, claimed his statutory priv
lege hut that being waived by the defence he said he
ceved the 81 900 bills from Mr. Cleary The money
delivered In November 1885 Tho defence questioned
Mr. Walker as TO Ceary's character, which he said
excellent
Corporation Counsel Iacombe called prove that
lie was the ctys attorney In the action begun by the
Lyddys against the Board OF Aldermen and that though
serving In that capacity the suit stopped entirely
without his knowledge consent With this evidence the
prosecution rested.
Mr. shafcr then moved that the jury be instructed to
acquit the ground that the 0ce Alderman Is not
State Office and that the evidence Of Fullgra and Duffy
be stricken out because they admitted them
selves TO be perjurers. Both motions
denied The defence directed to open its case. Mr.
shafers opening speech remarkable He did not
audc during his hours talk anything he expected
to prove He stormed at the asaied the
tion. and attacked far he dare the action of the
court ASIDE from the fact that he summing up.
rather than outlining defence. the first part of
the speech uaobectIonabe. B 1t he lost
all control of himself He grew frantic He accused the
srictAtorney and his assistants OF deliberately
ufacturng the evidence upon which they asked Cearys
conviction aud rallied at the reporters with n,ohercnt
fury
Here samples OF what he said:
Broadway company superior any
ali carry pa.srnEcrs from Battery way
entIa rar. Tor single fare No other road could % take them
pressed TIE uututorei mini Of lom Cleary;
represents the District AiOTSeys oro el1y'G
% % t m t VIII H. @ N, n I'VE .i al c"S J "mbtnn 10
sratiiy N sending TO Ce,ry u states Prison on no He
syn,lr,ihstie bat 1onn % DO o " gga-lndeal duty
what amolevou wonI have the harIihood to oGer TO
III has been avav. but win show you tho
dnereuce b-wc"n Tom Z cary nj the thieves who ran
HIM away but he has stood his ground fear
u there in ths box ho has come here win the in
viii me When be- viii suffer y million torment
poor Tom Ccary though ho suffering The tor
After his rising temper hal carried away the dcgates
Of his discretion the lawyer said things like these:
Gou'lemea avn afraid Of you am afraid yoa are COW;
Co,rv viii b" because towards because you
ar Doai your Srs ui yoa allow yoH.rS. Influenced
0y ,nrn @ u, & you onrr w S snv r e&mcp
There aio e men Nhoe bounding has lone h, WORK point
There H man among them whom you would have within
an ioid there here who Jurors in
Tho cogsy rne AZ infamous % M e1sN STsi a &
net convict that thoy rcuiercl verc1s news
papers attacks.
The climax of Mr. sha,ers remarkable speech
reached wnen he assacd The World lie said:
rhudlrty d,hy hv reviei ami in.alted
y tepuo e'9% Of lot OF ye e1TsAarS' % ApS & or Tha1 ~ y
Ileh. irl.nn ,at 20 ,na w., Is o yy don't & hor.g
W ~i meet that Jew Taco to lace and when
him heware
There are three Hebrews the Jury.
capped dr shacr ani said that OF the jury had
seen these papers he should not refer to them You
have pursued this much too far sir. ANYHOW he re-
marked II Is high time you were getting down "
facts" ,,
recover self possession Tue rest OF his speech was
nearly a. yosT, Ss he extract Tyen zen ne r1n,en m Son
that ceary had onsht property with the proceeds OF an
infamous bargain. he would never have offered any tes
mOny defence Ut all -
The defenisnts first witness Edward A. Pearson.
of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. who testified
that Ccarys character excellent and that In lss2 no
had had real estate transaction involving $1,000 Inc
Church said that Ceary had been for five years mem
her OF his church IN good standing ana vas reGared Dy
him an exceptionally honest man. Thomas Williams the
supennicndent of the Trinity building, also gave evi
denca TO Cleary's good character a.. -, s,.
Mrs Mclaughlin then put upon the stand Sho
said that she the widow OF Alderman Meloughln
tha nIon, June Is She and her husband
toga lie stayed there few days aud the; returned 10
the city, staying here three ys aud returning to
Saratoga for her They came back To Ne" l"rA on Juy
and after remaining day or Two ~ tnsir nouse III
Thirty fourth went TO Norhpor L. for the summer
MIR oughn gave the keys OF the house TO his sister,
Mrs. Mcsorley. who was TO clean to house Wneh sue
returned them her husband the witness ld not know
She never C1eary at her house During MAY anu
Junc she di not recall any meeting AZ ncr hou,e from
which sue was excluded. and no meeting OF Aldermen
II would have been impossible for them 10 meet there ana
on me- crnsseyaminaton Mr. Ncol materially shook tho
force OF MIRA MclOughlins testimony by showing lts
contradictions with her eydece ana l ." ao ,3
that she her father David Murray deputy eomnls
ibcir pressnt residence denied This with
great spirit she conceded that her husband was re-
corded present At all the meetings o the boaiu ~ pi
and June 1884 he must have been well enough 10 80
| out - , .r,. ,..,,s.d IN Cle,rv.s good
character which was also udorsed by Bennington r.
Randolph OF the Equitable directors ,, who ,s.
Richard sullivan. tho supreme court cieIA, WV"
tined on the ONe trial that he was present at Me,Dngn
Inns house on each and every hSa, nf ndermsn WA;
there called RE Ifs 3%es,"masSo sar meouah al
sharP as TO why he nad WA. nat he didn't want to be-
The evening session occupied with me g e1amina , nina
tion OF the endant which not finished at inc hour
of adjournment Cleary said In reply W "i' ona'o'
questions:
ssS Uis s USr orphan an years settled in tho First Ward
and rSnce resided there ha'0 "'0" ''"''' " '
qasIs company contribute sa fa.s anySs nos
Cs favor o, rsr0aa on my ON rsasn wss that
the irI
All re peopo living in nv OF the town always naa 70
" III. ,ar. az The Asor House and Walk do"n'loNh
Iuag, Green attorney OF Equitable Conpany anhea mo
r., voi, for Broadway railroad snd uhuersl0ou eo YUM
pany a. always IN favor Of
lie said he voted for Che Broadway SURFACE hnifcn @ n
franchise at the special meeting not knowing nuI 1
,',c ntrancc was closed He believed IL to be legal
meeting lie would not voted for the resolution u
he haI believed 10 to be Illegal Ho denied that e m
avsr % r. attended any meeting ut McIoughlins house
lie had been there once In the iail Ti io1a I2a
10 SEQ Mclaughlin, who was ,,s en, SIN. ,nas
tod what real estate he had owned at uineien, LILIES
Including q house and lot in Seventeenthst I;a
onj snoLer In Fifth.aye Brooklyn. each OF lso .auo
the building No I30 Cedar ST. two houses I'D
worth $4,000 another house and 10, ID , in which
Rmok n and finally the building No IL wn.
be purchased In 1883 Sl2.25O. paying sooy NV"
and the remaining $il.750 IN lump % On ~ hooh show
that wear He produced hve saving ssoahkS ovoA ,
% ins his deposits and that he aSa n1a had orawn Tel
So,'i,cd 80 600 Iir had taken Ss'3VO
ucpositcu ],pog' ,a, ,o a. so 45O taken from his